This is not the first time Brazilian wandering spiders have made their way to the UK. In 2005, pub chef Matthew Stevens was bitten by a spider hiding in a banana shipment in Bridgwater.

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A supermarket in Austria shuttered this week after a Brazilian wandering spider was spotted, TMZ reported, citing fears that a bite from the deadly creature can cause long-lasting erections.

However, it was later discovered to be a Brazilian Wandering Spider. This spider is thought to be the most venomous. Their bites can cause convulsions, hypothermia, and visual blur.

The Brazilian wandering spider is part of a group of large, hairy spiders that can grow up to 7 inches (18 cm) across, including their legs. These spiders are typically brown or gray, with dark bands ...

" Somebody did a study in Eastern Brazil back in 2000 that looked at 422 Brazilian wandering spider bites. The only people to die from the bites were two small children," Vetter said.

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According to a 2007 report by Live Science, a Brazilian wandering spider's venom stimulates a painful, hours-long erection. The venom boosts nitric oxide, a chemical that increases blood flow.

Brazilian Wandering spider was voted as the 2007 most vulnerable animal by Guinness World Records. Not located in the U.S., this species of banana spider gives a painful bite but is rarely fatal.

A U.K. woman says she found a Brazilian wandering spider in her groceries. — -- A British woman got a little more than she paid for when she found the world's most venomous spider hitching a ...